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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

GEORGE W. OARBAUGH, OF GRANITE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HUGH MCINTOSH, OF GRANITE, VIRGINIA.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

.Application filed May 7, 1906. Serial No. 315.713.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I,. GEORGE W. CAR- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite, in the county of Chesterfield and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammocks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven i tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hammocks and supports therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and convenient supporting-frame which may be quickly set up at any place to suspend the hammock and which may be compactly folded when not in use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention set up for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device folded. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail hori- Zontal sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved hammock, which is preferably constructed of canvas or other fabric 2, stretched over a rectangular frame 3 and covered by a removable slip or casing 4, which is preferably made of some fancy fabric and entirely covers the canvas and frame. The hammock is mounted to swing in a foldable supporting-frame 5, which consists of two crossed sections or members 6 7, which are pivotally connected by eyebolts 8. The latter have rings 9 in their eyes, and upon said rings are loosely pivoted the ends of metal links 10, which have their opposite ends bent to form hooks 11. lThe latter are adapted to engage rings 12 upon the ends of straps or the like 13, which are connected to the two end or cross bars of the frame 3. The hammock is thus suspended so that it can swing in the usual manner. The frame section or member 6 comprises two end bars 14,

connected at their tops by a longitudinal bar 15 and at their lower portions by crossed diagonal brace-bars 16. The other frame section or member 7 consists of two end bars 17, connected at their tops by a longitudinal bar 18. The bars 17 are longer than the bars 14, so that their upper ends project to a height sufficient to support the connecting-bar 18 in an elevated position, so as not to interfere with a person getting into or out of the hammock. The upper portions of the diagonal braces 16 also support the adjacent or front side of the hammock when a person gets into or out of the same, as will be readily understood upon reference to the drawings.

It will be seen that the supporting-frame may be quickly collapsed by folding its two sections togetherand swinging the hammock into the plane of the said sections, as Shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. Vhen the frame is in its open position, its two sections are prevented from slipping or spreading apart to too great an extent by chains or other flexible connections 19, provided between the lower portions of the bars 14 and 17.

From the foregoing description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as dened by the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-frame consisting of pivotally-connected folding sections, one of said sections comprising relatively long end bars and a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and the other of said sections consisting of relatively short end bars, a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and brace-bars connecting their lower portions, and means for suspending a hammock or the like in said frame.

2. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-frame consisting of IOO pivotally-connected folding sections, one of said sections comprising relatively long end bars and a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and the other of said sections consisting of relatively short end bars, a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and crossed diagonal braces connecting their lower portions, and means for suspending a hammock or the like from the pivots of the sections of said frame.

3. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-frame consisting of pivotallyconnec ed folding sections, one of said sections comprising relatively long end bars and a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and the other of said sections consisting of relatively short end bars, a longitudinal bar connecting their upper ends, and crossed diagonal brace-bars connecting their lower portions, hooks connected to the eyes of the pivot-bolts of said frame-sections, a hammock or the like, and connections between the latter and said hooks7 substantially. as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE W. CARBAUGH, Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. KAHN, L. M. LATHUM. 

